Mesh and Metaverse

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Date

17 August 2022

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17 August 2022

Online 14:00 - 16:00

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About the Event

Mesh and Metaverse

Many large tech companies have announced three dimensional meeting spaces or a "Metaverse". These present a 3D meeting and interaction space attended by avatars of the people in the meeting, aiming to replicate real world experience in a digital world.

This can bring together people from all over the world, facilitating casual meeting style connections. It also has a potential advantage from an equality perspective, as the appearance of an avatar can be almost anything – inhibiting gender and racial biases.

This session will explore this technology and how it could change the world of education, both in the digital campus and globally.

Speakers

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Blessing Odeleye

PhD Researcher

University of Greenwich

Michael Detyna

Learning Technologist

King's College London

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Andrew McDermott

Senior Product Development Manager

The Open University

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Simon Williams

Consulting Director

CGI

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Tom Runge

Director of Business Consulting

CGI

Event Schedule

Wednesday 17th August

14:00

Welcome

by Jason Parke, IT Labs Team Leader, University of Greenwich
14:05

Virtual Reality and the Metaverse as a spark for immersive education

Michael Detyna, Learning Technologist, King's College London
14:25

Metaverse - Finding real world application in Higher Education

Simon Williams, Consulting Director and Tom Runge, Director of Business Consulting, CGI
14:55

Comfort Break

15:00

Exploring Digital Working Environments within The Open University

Andrew McDermott, Senior Product Development Manager, The Open University
15:30

Detecting framerate-oriented cyber-attacks on user experience in virtual reality

Blessing Odeleye, PhD Researcher, University of Greenwich
16:00

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